BM Desk : The UK has received a letter from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) asking for the confiscation of assets owned by Co-Chairman Sadat Sobhan and Vice Chairman Safiyat Sobhan (Sanvir) of the Bashundhara Group. The National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom was the recipient of this correspondence.

ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen made the announcement at a press conference on Monday, June 16, at the ACC offices in Segunbagicha, Dhaka. “Returning money that has been laundered is a complicated task,” he said. Nevertheless, we are working. Recovering these assets for our nation will be possible if we can support our claims in both our courts and the UK’s.”

Furthermore, the ACC has also reached out to the UK’s National Crime Agency regarding the assets of Anisuzzaman Chowdhury, the brother of former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, and Mohammad Adnan Imam, the former executive committee chairman of NRB Commercial Bank.

When questioned about Tulip Siddique during the press conference, Momen remarked, “Regardless of Tulip Siddique’s claims of being a British citizen, our records indicate that she is a Bangladeshi citizen. We are proceeding with legal actions against our citizen. If Tulip is innocent, then why did her ministry resign? Why did she step down? Why did her attorney contact us?”

Tulip Siddique is the niece of the deposed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The ACC has filed charges against Tulip for unlawfully acquiring land during her aunt Sheikh Hasina’s administration. Tulip, a former UK Treasury minister, has refuted the allegations against her, asserting that the Bangladeshi authorities are engaging in “politically motivated propaganda” against her.